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[[File:Cola laurifolia slash P. Ekpe NSBP Hawthorne.jpg|thumb|slash. obtained from (P. Ekpe NSBP)]]

[[File:Cola laurifolia inflorescence P. Ekpe NSBP Hawthorne.jpg|thumb|flowering branch. obtained from (P. Ekpe NSBP)]][[File:Cola laurifolia flower P. Ekpe NSBP Hawthorne.jpg|thumb|flower. obtained from (P. Ekpe NSBP)]][[File:Cola laurifolia fruit P. Ekpe NSBP Hawthorne.jpg|thumb|fruit. obtained from (P. Ekpe NSBP (absent du site et du CD)]]

*Laurel-leaved kola (En). *Komonbélo (Fr).

*Medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, often low-branching with arching, sometimes rooting branches; bole up to 80 cm in diameter; young parts rusty stellate-hairy. *Leaves alternate, grouped at the end of twigs, simple and entire; petiole 2–8 cm long; blade oblong, elliptical or oblanceolate, 5–25 cm × 2.5–13 cm, cuneate at base, apex obtuse or broadly acuminate, leathery, covered with reddish stellate hairs when young, but becoming glabrous later. *Inflorescence a short axillary cyme, densely reddish hairy. *Flowers unisexual, regular, yellow or brownish; calyx 4–6 mm long, with very short tube, 5-lobed with lanceolate lobes, rusty brown hairy outside, margins fringed; corolla absent; male flowers with anthers on androphore in 1 row; female flowers with pedicel up to 1.5 cm long, ovary superior, consisting of 4–6 carpels. *Fruit consisting of 4–5 follicles on short pedicel; follicles obovoid, up to 5 cm long, brown or red, wrinkled, reddish pubescent, 4–5-seeded. *Seeds c. 2 cm × 1.5 cm × 1 cm, completely covered by a yellow aril.

* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Brink, M., 2007. '''Cola laurifolia''' Mast. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.